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by Log_out_ 867 days ago
Lua?
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rarafael 867 days ago
Lua means 'Moon' in Portuguese, as it is also their logo: https://lua.org
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jecel 867 days ago
And it is the successor to DEL (Data Entry Language) and SOL (Simple Object Language). Since 'Sol' is 'Sun' in Portuguese, they decided it would make sense to move to Moon.
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